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Monday, August 1, 2011

AQUA & BROWN QUILT~IT'S FINISHED {FINALLY}

It feels so good to have FINALLY finished my Grandmother's birthday quilt! Remember when I first blogged about it here and here.

A big thanks to my neighbor, Jamie, for letting us use her shade for this pic!

I ended up quilting it myself with simple straight lines (using a 1/4" seam on each side of the printed squares). I went with brown thread because cream stood out WAY too much on the back. It turned out better than I originally thought. I love it when that happens!

It took me almost 6 months (awful, I know!) to get it finished. And, bless my Grandma's sweet little heart, she hasn't even asked me where it is. Of course, she may have forgotten about it by now! I should really make her a matching pillow to reward her for her outstanding patience. I promise it won't take me 6 months to make!

I am headed to Indy tomorrow morning to visit my sister and her family. The hubs has to work so I am driving the 8 hours on my own with the boys (I just might be crazy by the time we get there!). It's been over a decade since it's been this long (just over 3 weeks) without seeing my big sis. I know, that doesn't seem very long but we only lived about a mile away from eachother before they moved. The boys miss their cousins terribly as well. They are used to seeing eachother at least once a week. Needless to say, we are all very excited to see them!

I am getting a post ready for when we are gone. I was able to get the quilt top completed for my other Grandma...yay! It's made up of these blocks.

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I am an almost 40-year that recently starting back to full time work after being a SAHM for 15 years. I am married to a very supportive man (and wonderful father!) and proud mama to 3 spectacular boys. I love family, friends, baseball, ice cream and sewing. Sewing time is far & few between work and keeping up with my boys' school & sports activities. Here I will put down my thoughts about my experiences as a baseball mom.